| 100% | TWOTHINGSALWAYS | 15 | With 10- and 15-Down, a Fellini quote |
| 54% | FOOD | 4 | With 10-Across and 16-Down, a light and fluffy dessert |
| 52% | BREVITYIS | 9 | With 24 and 15 Across, quote from "Hamlet" |
| 51% | LEADTHE | 7 | With 15 Down, blaze a trail |
| 49% | UHAUL | 5 | Rental with 10-, 15-, 17-, 20- and 26-foot sizes |
| 49% | GIRL | 4 | With 10-Across and the circled letters, a best-selling novel, with "The" |
| 49% | FIRE | 4 | With 15-Across, station with a hook and ladder |
| 48% | YOYO | 4 | A toy with a string that rolls up and down |
| 48% | USHER | 5 | American R&B singer-songwriter with the albums 10-Down, 15-Across, 30-Across, and 45-Across |
| 47% | DIET | 4 | With 25 Across, canonical brand for a 10 Down/11 Across |
| 47% | TAROT | 5 | With 10-Down, The Devil and Death |
| 47% | EVERYSOOFT | 10 | With 10-Down, literally, now and then |
| 46% | YOYO | 4 | Toy with a spool that has its ups and downs |
| 46% | SAINT | 5 | With 79 Down, canonized Norwegian king and the namesake of a Minnesota college |
| 46% | YOYO | 4 | Toy with a string, goes down and comes back up: Hyph. |
| 46% | YOYOING | 7 | Playing with a toy that goes up and down on string |
| 46% | CENTIPEDE | 9 | Carnivorous arthropod with a body of between 15 and 190 segments |
| 45% | KIM | 3 | With 10-Down, mother of North and Saint West |
| 45% | ELI | 3 | With 10-Down, director of "Hostel" and "Cabin Fever" |
| 45% | MAGNA | 5 | With "cum" and 32-Down, a diploma phrase |
| 45% | THAT | 4 | With 15- and 26-Across, former Fox sitcom focused on a certain decade, literally |
| 45% | SHE | 3 | With 10-Down, gender identity words separated by a slash |
| 44% | CURLY | 5 | Stooge with a shaved head, brother of 15-Across and 9-Down |
| 44% | THOMAS | 6 | With 9 Down and 71 Across, source of quote |
| 44% | LAILA | 5 | With 10-Down, female boxer whose father was also a boxer |
| 44% | JUST | 4 | With "in" and 12-Down, as a precaution |
| 43% | DREAMSARE | 9 | With 36 Across and 61 Across, a quote by Lupita Nyong'o |
| 43% | IAN | 3 | With 10-Down, lead vocalist and flutist for rock's Jethro Tull |
| 43% | CONTINUEDONNEXT | 15 | With 27-Down, like 10-Across and others |